Committed, not consumed.
In typical oldest daughter fashion, I have gotten so caught up in all the things I have to do and haven’t sat down in weeks to do what I want to do, which is to write this blog. My bad y'all, but I swear I’m still here and thinking about you. And hey, since we’re here, let’s talk about some changes I’m making in my own personal life as someone with a lot of irons in the fire and a lot of expectations from others and (mostly) myself to always stay in a perpetual state of high performance. One thing I want to make clear is I have realized this: it is good to be committed, but it is detrimental to be consumed. When we are committed to something—a cause, a project, etc.—it is necessary to give our time and energy to it. It will leave our schedules booked and our minds organizing, administrating, and creating to make that thing the best it can be so that it can produce the change or outcome we want from it. But the moment we step out of being committed and into being consumed, that’s w...
